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Multiple cutaneous metastases from male breast carcinoma.

Karakuzu A, Koc M, Ozdemir S

Department of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. akuzu@ata.uni.edu.tr

Skin involvement as a symptom, or even the presenting sign, of this breast cancer in men is not well known by dermatologists. In fact, a review of the English-language literature reveals few references about this subject. We report a case of breast carcinoma in a 58-year-old man with rapidly progressive cutaneous metastases that did not respond to any treatment schedules.

Published 19 November 2006 in J Am Acad Dermatol, 55(6): 1101-2.
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